ABNC News

For its own “big year”– its 50th anniversary – the Athol Bird and Nature Club will present “Big Year” birder Greg Miller in two special events. In birding circles the Big Year is an informal competition to locate and identify as many unique bird species as possible...

  We did it! 150 members and friends of the Athol Bird and Nature Club filled the Elks Hall for an evening of remembrance, camaraderie, and hope for the future.   Robert Banks Coyle our Club founder was honored by friends and former student and received a...

Willets at the Shore Before 1800 willets nested along the entire Atlantic coast, along salt marshes, marshy ponds, and the banks of tidal creeks, as well as in pastures and other dry uplands near water. Hunters and egg-gatherers, however, reduced their numbers so...

  It is our great pleasure to again be hosting the Fungus Fair at the Millers River Environmental Center in Athol. This remarkable annual public event has a lot to offer the novice or experienced mushroom hunter. Organized by Noah Siegel and Alyssa Allen with...

As the days get shorter, students head back to school and birds – many of them, anyway – head south to warmer climes. This fall the Athol Bird and Nature Club will offer a number of opportunities to observe both fall migrants and resident birds Jeff Johnstone will be...

    Earlier this summer, a group of local high-schoolers travelled to Honduras to help scientists with data collection in their ecological research both up in the cloud forest and at a marine site. The students will present their adventure and personal...

Moth Night at Skyfield's Arboretum – A National Moth Week Event Join Mount Grace and naturalist Dave Small of the Athol Bird and Nature Club as we search for moths and other night-time insects! There will be three light stations, each with a hanging white sheet and...

This Saturday, June 15 please join us here in Athol for an Odonate Double Header. First: 10:30 a.m.-12 noon       Dragonflies & Damselflies for Families Join educator Rachel Roberts and naturalist David Small here at the Center to learn about dragonflies and...